
Tuned to Yesterday
10 p.m. to midnight - Nightly
Decades ago, WRVO Public Media began broadcasting old-time radio with a small collection comprising 20 reel-to-reel tapes. Today the collection includes nearly 7,000 reels and over 20,000 broadcasts.
"Tuned to Yesterday" is public radio's premier old-time radio show, hosted by Mark Lavonier. The highest quality broadcasts are restored and played as they were heard years and years ago. You'll hear programs like "The Whistler," "The Jack Benny Show," "Fibber McGee and Molly," "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy," and "Gunsmoke" -- spanning all genres.
Visit the "Tuned to Yesterday" schedules page, available here.
Ways To Subscribe
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Horror: Weird Circle “The Warning” 1944 NBC Syndication, Suspense “The Man in the Room” 5/11/50 CBS.
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Comedy: Fred Allen Show 2/3/46 NBC, Bob Hope Show “Guest: William Holden” 4/29/52 NBC.
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Mystery: Adventures of Nero Wolfe "The Case of the Careworn Cuff" 10/27/50 NBC, The Whistler "That Cutlerville Affair" 5/30/54 CBS/AFRS.
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Sitcom: Life of Riley 11/10/50 NBC, Meet Corliss Archer “Fortune Teller” 1954 CBS.
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Adventure: Horatio Hornblower “Reception with the Czar” 2/13/53 Syndicated, Escape “Port Royal” 3/10/50 CBS.
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Horror: Inner Sanctum “Death Demon” 7/5/48 CBS, Murder at Midnight “The Ace of Death” 8/9/46 Syndicated.
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Romance: Radio City Playhouse “The Unguarded Moment” 8/29/49 NBC, Romance “Cordoba” 7/10/54 CBS.
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Western: Wild Bill Hickok 5/30/52 MBS, Lightning Jim “The Snake Strikes” 1944 Syndicated.
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Science Fiction: Mysterious Traveler “The Most Famous Man in the World” 11/20/51 MBS, X Minus One “Martian Sam” 4/3/57 NBC.